John Osnes violin #158 with two-piece back, 2022, Anchorage, AK | Metzler Violins punchy Even today

Even today

2023” and bears the maker’s signature

Eric Gagne shared a workshop with Isabelle Wilbaux in Montréal

originally composed for clarinet

John Osnes violin #158 with two-piece back, 2022, Anchorage, AK | Metzler Violins punchy Even todayThis instrument is part of our 2023 Contemporary American Makers Exhibition & Sale John has studied the violin from an early age and has played in the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, the Anchorage Opera, and many other Alaskan groups including several touring folk rock bands. He graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Chemical Engineering and worked in that field for two years before shifting his focus to instrument making and